Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration approved funding expanding high-speed internet access in dozens of public schools, libraries and community health centers across the commonwealth.
Roadkill is a reality on many Pennsylvania roads, so it’s good to know how to deal with it. Here’s a handy guide to follow when encountering, or creating, roadkill in Pennsylvania.
In this op-ed,Christina Jones,Deputy of Canvassing for For Our Future PA, highlights the rising cost of groceries, with Senator Bob Casey calling it greedflation and shrinkflation. Jones emphasizes her team's year-round efforts to address these issues and support candidates like Kamala Harris and Bob Casey, who prioritize working families over corporate greed.
Harris has vowed to provide significant federal funding to support rural communities across the United States, expand small business financing for entrepreneurs in rural America, and invest in rural technical and higher education programs.
The Inflation Reduction Act helped two Northern Pennsylvania sisters expand their dairy farm and Icelandic yogurt business through the Farm Bill. Now that funding is at risk thanks to a Republican controlled US House.
In this op-ed, former Governor Edward Rendell reflects on negotiating the 2004-2005 State Budget twenty years ago, which included passing the Gaming Act that introduced casino gaming to the Commonwealth. He advises lawmakers to avoid being deceived by "skill game" devices.
Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power.
Pennsylvania is in the midst of a teacher shortage crisis. With more teachers leaving the profession than ever before, and not as many newly certified teachers coming in, something has to be done to address the issue. One school in Lancaster is doing just that. JP...
With the governor having previewed two of his main objectives for Pennsylvania’s upcoming budget — overhauling the state’s higher ed system and increasing public transportation funding — we asked our newsletter readers to sound off on what they wanted to see Shapiro prioritize in the state’s new budget.
Brubaker Farms will use a nearly $200,000 grant to help purchase and install a 224.07 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system at its dairy farm in Mount Joy. The project is expected to save the farm over $30,000 annually and replace 255,250 kilowatt hours, which is enough energy to power 23 homes.
